Matthew 21:33

Jesus tells the parable of the wicked tenants, drawing on Isaiah's image of God's vineyard. It traces Israel's history of rejecting God's messengers.

Cross-references · 22

• Isa 5:1–4I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
• Mark 12:1–12Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
• Luke 20:9–19Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.
• Jer 2:21I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?
• John 15:1“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.
• Song 8:11–12Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.
• Hos 4:1Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
• Ps 80:8–16You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
• Mal 2:4–9Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts.
• Luke 19:12So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.
• Deut 1:15–17So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes.
• Mark 13:34It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.
• Deut 16:18You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
• Matt 13:18Consider, then, the parable of the sower:
• Matt 21:28But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
• Matt 25:14–15For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.
• Matt 23:2“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
• 1 Kgs 22:19Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.
• Deut 17:9–12You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case.
• Jer 19:3saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on this place that the ears of all who hear of it will ring,
• Isa 1:10Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
• Deut 33:8–10Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.

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